Given how remarkably strong some sectors were last month seasonally adjusted, IT was a little bit disappointing.

That said, housing starts -- although down a little from the month before -- were still remarkably strong in May with most of the decrease in overall construction coming from a drop off in multiunit building,

That said, housing starts -- although down a little from the month before -- were still remarkably strong in May with most of the decrease in overall construction coming from a drop off in multiunit building.

It was a bit disappointing.

It's a little bit disappointing. Part of it is an industry slowdown and part, I suspect, is the distraction of the merger.

It's been over a month now, and the voter outrage is still going strong.